Name: Bitter Mai Tai
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Red bitter liqueur; 20 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 10 ml Orange Curaçao; 25 ml Lime juice; 22.5 ml Orgeat syrup

Ingredients

1 1/3 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

2/3 fl oz

Jamaican-style aged blended rum with funk

1/3 fl oz

Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur

5/6 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

3/4 fl oz

Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime slice wheel and mints sprigs.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

Garnish with lime slice wheel and mints sprigs bouquet.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bitter Mai Tai contains 242 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
13.77% alc./vol. (27.53° proof)
17.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts

Comments & Discussion

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Calvin Grant 9 months ago

Not bad with a Campari/Aperol split.

Mike Beatty 1 year ago

I will up the rum to a full ounce next time. A lot of orgeat, but surprisingly not too sweet. Very good drink.

Calvin Grant 1 year ago

Just tried it with a full ounce of Planteray Xaymaca and it was fabulous. Also used Dry Curaçao. Good suggestion. Thanks.

Loïc Pierre 1 year ago

Really interesting, quite sweet. Made with Smith and Cross that is highly recognizable in the cocktail. I would repeat it with a more neutral rhum to see what happens.

Natasha Cloutier 2 years ago

I floated a bar spoon of Wray and Nephew on top, possibly because I don't like Campari and it was nice. Still fonder of the original Mai Tai though.

Chris Dimal 3 years ago

I have to say this was delicious, but less complex than the original Mai Tai. Fair bit Campari forward, which is pleasant, but doesn't stack up to multiple dimensions of the original.

John Champion 3 years ago

I always say that the easiest way to get someone into Campari is with a Jungle Bird. Once they're hooked I say switch them up to a Bitter Mai Tai. Bolder and more bitter but still very much tiki. A complex and truly delicious riff.